WOLFF, Edward N(athan)

WOLFF, Edward N(athan). American, b. 1946. Genres: Economics. Career: New York University, NYC, assistant professor, 1974-79, associate professor, 1979-84, professor of economics, 1984-. Review of Income and Wealth, managing editor, 1987-; Bard College, Jerome Levy Economics Institute, senior scholar, 1999-; National Bureau of Economic Research, research associate, 2001-. Publications: Growth, Accumulation, and Unproductive Activity: An Analysis of the Post-War U.S. Economy, 1987; (with W. Baumol and S.A. Batey Blackman) Productivity and American Leadership: The Long View, 1989; (with W. Baumol and L. Osberg) The Information Economy: The Implications of Unbalanced Growth, 1989; (with D. Dollar) Competitiveness, Convergence, and International Specialization, 1993; Top Heavy: A Study of Increasing Inequality of Wealth in America, 1995, 2nd ed., 2002; Economics of Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination, 1997; Retirement Insecurity: The Income Shortfalls Awaiting the Soon-to- Retire, 2002. EDITOR: International Comparisons of the Distribution of Household Wealth, 1987; (with F. Moseley) International Perspectives on Profitability and Accumulation, 1992; (with D.B. Papadimitriou) Poverty and Prosperity in the USA in the Late Twentieth Century, 1993; Research in Economic Inequality, 1993; (with W.J. Baumol and R.R. Nelson) Convergence of Productivity: Cross-National Studies and Historical Evidence, 1994; The Economics of Productivity, 1997; (with T.M. Shapiro) Assets of the Poor: The Benefits of Spreading Asset Ownership, 2001. Address: Department of Economics, New York University, 269 Mercer St Rm 700, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A. Online address: edward.wolff@nyu.edu